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The nudibranch Diaphoreolis viridis, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
Family: | Trinchesiidae |
Genus: | Diaphoreolis |
Species: | D. viridis
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Binomial name | |
Diaphoreolis viridis | |
Synonyms | |
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Diaphoreolis viridis is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trinchesiidae. [2]
This species was described from Ballaugh, Isle of Man in the Irish Sea. [3] It has been reported in the northeast Atlantic, from Greenland and Iceland south to Roscoff, France. [4]
The maximum recorded length is 19 mm. [5]
Feeds on the hydroids Sertularella spp. especially Sertularella rugosa. Found in shallow exposed and semi-sheltered rocky areas to 100 m depth. [6] Minimum recorded depth is 4 m. [5] Maximum recorded depth is 10 m. [5]
Diaphoreolis viridis | |
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The nudibranch Diaphoreolis viridis, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
Family: | Trinchesiidae |
Genus: | Diaphoreolis |
Species: | D. viridis
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Binomial name | |
Diaphoreolis viridis | |
Synonyms | |
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Diaphoreolis viridis is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trinchesiidae. [2]
This species was described from Ballaugh, Isle of Man in the Irish Sea. [3] It has been reported in the northeast Atlantic, from Greenland and Iceland south to Roscoff, France. [4]
The maximum recorded length is 19 mm. [5]
Feeds on the hydroids Sertularella spp. especially Sertularella rugosa. Found in shallow exposed and semi-sheltered rocky areas to 100 m depth. [6] Minimum recorded depth is 4 m. [5] Maximum recorded depth is 10 m. [5]